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There are, I dare say, many lovers who would never have been drawn to each other had they met for the first time, as, say, they met the second time.

James M. Barrie

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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
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the United States of America
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